get_tanked
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I'm hoping someone can help me out with this.
Last Tuesday, I dived in Key West on the Cayman Salvage Master (dive 1), and on the reef (dive 2). On the Cayman, we followed the mooring rope down to the wreck. We weren't wearing gloves. On the reef, I touched a few times with my hands (mad esure there wasn't coral there first) to steady myself to take some pictures.
Anyway, about a week later, my hands are hurting like hell and definitely irritated by something. Very red, itchy, and a little swollen. On the way back up the mooring rope, I had to hold on for a while waiting for people, and noticed the rope was irritating my hands then - but that pain went away, and didn't start bothering me again until about a week later.
Are these symptoms indicatative of a rope burn or getting coral in my hands? There was a lot of junk growing on the rope. I'm just wondering if it was the dive or something else that has caused the problem.
Thanks!
Bill
Last Tuesday, I dived in Key West on the Cayman Salvage Master (dive 1), and on the reef (dive 2). On the Cayman, we followed the mooring rope down to the wreck. We weren't wearing gloves. On the reef, I touched a few times with my hands (mad esure there wasn't coral there first) to steady myself to take some pictures.
Anyway, about a week later, my hands are hurting like hell and definitely irritated by something. Very red, itchy, and a little swollen. On the way back up the mooring rope, I had to hold on for a while waiting for people, and noticed the rope was irritating my hands then - but that pain went away, and didn't start bothering me again until about a week later.
Are these symptoms indicatative of a rope burn or getting coral in my hands? There was a lot of junk growing on the rope. I'm just wondering if it was the dive or something else that has caused the problem.
Thanks!
Bill